Dream View Heifer Sale New Format for JMS
In keeping pace with the times, Jersey Marketing Service (JMS) conducted business a little differently on April 20, 2021, when it dispersed Kevin and Rhonda Blount’s heifers through JerseyAuctionLive. com. In just 41 minutes, 703 head of Registered Jersey females sold by the truckload to four buyers from California, Texas, and Wisconsin. The heifers sold for an average of $629.49 in 16 lots that ranged from 26-63 head per lot. Heifers ranged from four-months-old to springers due within a month of sale day. Sale Analysis
Number
Avg. Price Total Value
244 Bred heifers 54 1st Trimester 117 2nd Trimester 73 3rd Trimester 30 Open yearlings 429 Heifer calves 703 Lots Median price
$1,085.55 $264,875 814.81 44,000 1,147.22 134,225 1,186.99 86,650 551.67 16,550 375.54 161,105 $629.49 $442,530 $525.00
Sale Management: Jersey Marketing Service Auctioneer: Chuck Cozzitorto
The Dream View Heifer Dispersal was conducted from a facility in Crows Landing, Calif., with JMS Manager Greg Lavan reading pedigrees and Chuck Cozzitorto crying the sale. The Blounts operate Dream View Jerseys in Turlock, Calif. The herd has been enrolled on REAP for 25 years and nationally recognized for production. Dream View has also been recognized for strong fertility in the herd. The 2020 lactation average (m.e.) on 907 milking cows is 17,684 lbs. milk, 861 lbs. fat and 653 lbs. protein. More than 150 of the heifers that sold had genetic evaluations with P-level 7 or higher. The bulls most often cited as sires or service sires include JX Aardema Jones {3}, GJPI
Kevin and Rhonda Blount operate Dream View Jerseys in Turlock, Calif. The herd has been enrolled on REAP and used other services from the American Jersey Cattle Association for more than 25 years.
+75; JX Crosswind Avon Kazan {3}-ET, GJPI +58; JX Faria Brothers Jack Bauer {3}-ET, GJPI +1; JX Pine-Tree Decade {5}-ET, GJPI +54; JX Pine-Tree Fresca {3}-ET, GJPI +82; River Valley Circus Craze-ET, GJPI +61; and JX Wilsonview Skyman {6}-ET, GJPI +87. Other popular sires include JX CDF JLS Pilgrim Thrasher {6}-ET, GJPI +126; DP Kilowatt Amp-ET, GJPI +118; JX Faria Brothers Ronaldo {3}ET, GJPI +19; River Valley Cece ChromeET, GJPI +101; and River Valley Charley Cheddar-ET, GJPI +98. The high selling lot was a group of 46 bred heifers due mid-July through late August, purchased by Sunrise Farms of Dalhart, Texas, for $1,275 each. Two-thirds of them were bred using sexed semen. In all, the dairy purchased 95 lots for $113,775. Channel Islands Dairy Farms LLC, Corcoran, Calif., was the volume buyer, purchasing 526 head for $257,155. Other dairy producers to make purchases were Stephen Pederson of Westby, Wis., and Eden Vale Dairy, Lemoore, Calif. Sales $1,275 and Over Sunrise Farms, Dalhart, Texas JX Dream View Hall 6190 {5}, bred heifer 22 mos....... $1,275 JX Dream View Norbert 6223 {4}, bred heifer 22 mos... 1,275 Dream View Promo 6243, bred heifer 22 mos............... 1,275 Dream View Striker 6253, bred heifer 21 mos............... 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6301 {4}, bred heifer 21 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Striker 6302 {5}, bred heifer 21 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Hall 6309 {1}, bred heifer 20 mos......... 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6311 {4}, bred heifer 20 mos.... 1,275
JX Dream View Kazan 6314 {4}, bred heifer 20 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6315 {4}, bred heifer 20 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6320 {4}, bred heifer 20 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Amp 6321 {6}, bred heifer 20 mos....... 1,275 JX Dream View Amp 6329 {6}-Twin, bred heifer 20 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Cheddar 6356 {6}, bred heifer 20 mos..1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6385 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6387 {4}-Twin, bred heifer 19 mos........................................................................... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6388 {4}-Twin, bred heifer 19 mos........................................................................... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6400 {4}-Twin, bred heifer 19 mos........................................................................... 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6404 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6406 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6407 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6412 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6416 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6417 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos..... 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6422 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos..... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6423 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6424 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6426 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6428 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6430 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6431 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6432 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6433 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6434 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6435 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6438 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6445 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos..... 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6446 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos..... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6447 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6448 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6451 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6452 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6456 {4}-Twin, bred heifer 17 mos. .................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6458 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6476 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos..... 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6479 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos..... 1,275
Wisconsin State Sale (continued from page 47)
(Jeff Huff, Sharon, Wis.) Van Dell Disco 417 {2}, cow 3 yrs.................................. 1,350 (Vandell Farms Inc., Sharon, Wis.) Van Dell Ko 541, cow 2 yrs............................................ 1,350 (Vandell Farms Inc.) DeMents Jerseys, Kenney, Ill. Sellcrest-SG Maui Emmie, heifer calf 10 mos............... 1,375 (Grace Fremstad, Sam Pitterle and Mandy Sell, Watertown, Wis.) Jar Kids, Milton, Wis. JX KB Cottage 25205 {6}, heifer calf 5 mos................... 1,325 (Katzman Bros., Whitewater, Wis.)
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Jersey Marketing Service conducted the Dream View Heifer Dispersal a little differently than previous sales. In just 41 minutes, 703 heifers sold as truckload lots through JerseyAuctionLive.com, the real-time, online auction service.
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